"Real World DC (Health Care Remix)" was originally released on Jan. 8, 2010. The original text is below.

The true story… of 535 politicians…picked to live in two houses…work together and have their lives taped…to find out what happens…when Congress stops being polite…and starts secret, detailed negotiations on a sweeping, transformative health care reform bill…

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It’s been more than three years since the state Legislature redrew his congressional district, forcing ex-U.S. Rep. Barney Frank into early retirement, but the cranky liberal war horse just can’t let it go.

The Massachusetts Humanities Council’s 40th anniversary gala at the JFK Library the other night. Frank was seated at the same table as incoming state Senate prez Stanley Rosenberg, who happened to be the point man for the Senate on redistricting, and Barney wasted no time in letting Stan have it!

“He didn’t say hello, how are you, congratulations, nothing. He just started screaming at him,” said Someone Who Was There. “It was very ugly.”

So much so that the organizers of the event moved Rosenberg and his partner, Bryon Hefner, to another table to get away from the grumpy ex-congressman!

Really like your stance on guns. If “they” won’t let you carry your gun to a book signing so you can “?shoot people?”, that’s a truly sad state of affairs eh? I have a “tip” for you. If you ever get that depressed about it, and wanted to shoot yourself in the head, you’d have to shove your gun up your ass to do it.

Most Sincerely,

Bill Howell

Of course, I realize this is not an actual death threat because I am not a total moron.

State police spent about $11 million on the manhunt for a survivalist charged in the ambush slaying of a trooper outside his barracks, according to a cost breakdown released Friday.

Thousands of law enforcement officers from the Pennsylvania State Police and numerous other state and federal agencies took part in the 48-day search for Eric Frein, who was captured by U.S. marshals outside an abandoned airplane hangar in the Pocono Mountains on Oct. 30.

State police spent $10.5 million on personnel, including $6.9 million for overtime and $2.8 million for benefits, according to the breakdown. Other costs included travel, utilities and equipment.

He’s a domestic terrorist. At least, that’s how they are justifying the dollars spent to catch him.

On that note, it sickens me that the police call their station ‘barracks.’ Hey, assholes. Barracks are shit holes that (typically single) military personnel are forced to live in while they get paid like $1.50 for every hour they work.

The place where you twiddle your thumbs are your desk all day is not a barracks. You are not military. There is no distinction between cops and civilians besides a badge and a gun.

dude, not even the most junior of our military get paid $1.50 an hour.

Even if you go with a 24/7 day work schedule (which no one has) you get $2.13/hr (pre-tax) – base pay *only* (no entitlements) and not considering ‘benefits’ like not paying rent, food’s paid for, and full medical and dental coverage.

That’s for a *single* E-1 with less than 2 years of service, *not* deployed in a combat zone (where his pay and entitlements aren’t taxed and he gets a danger pay stipend).

have him get married or have a kid and the entitlements and benefits increase.

Yes I am a pedantic, humorless fuck, but the idea that we *underpay* our military is ridiculous.

“The New York Times went as far as attaching an editor’s note to a Gruber op-ed from the previous year. “On Friday, Professor Gruber confirmed reports that he is a paid consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services, and that his contract was in effect when he published his article. The article did not disclose this relationship to readers,” the note reads.”http://dailycaller.com/2014/11…..tower-guy/

Hey, disinterested comments are over-rated! Why find an independent when some people are highly-paid to lie through their teeth? “RELATED: Gruber Has Made At Least $5.9 Million For Government Work” (from the same link)